Seattle's Nostalgist descend into a realm of dark sonics on their debut release, meshing the cold solitude of '80s post-punk with warm, shoegazing heft. Shimmering melody haunts the slow, reflective trudge of "Illusory," while "Twisting, Slowly (Cleansing Doubt)" sticks a lush, dreamy respite in the middle of an otherwise propulsive charge. Ten minutes of enveloping melancholy. 

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Twisting, Slowly (Cleansing Doubt)

Illusory

Chicago's Population channel a citywide darkness with this pair of atmospheric post-punk tracks. "Relic" cruises at a menacing pace as vocalist Keelan McMorrow laments a lost love. On "Mourning Dawn," the band locks in a steady groove as keyboards inject French coldwave lushness into Manchester-inspired minimalism. In perfect accompaniment, the record comes packaged in a hand-assembled/-stamped/-embossed reliquary envelope designed by McMorrow.

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Shoegaze, post-punk, ambient and more with sharp packaging and varied, delicious sonics. Est. 2013.

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